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MANILA, Philippines – Canadian born rapper Drake aces this week’s number one spot on Billboard 200 album charts with his latest set, “Take Care,” which moves 631,000 copies.
"Take Care," Drake's second number one following 2010’s “Thank Me Later,” is the third largest first sales week of 2011; just behind Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” which has sold 1.1 million, and Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV” with its 964,000 start.
In other Billboard 200 news, Adele’s “21” marks its 39th week in the top five of the album charts. It now sets a record for the most weeks an album has stayed in the top five and has surpassed Michael Jackson’s 1987 album “Bad,” which stayed there for 38 straight weeks.
Meanwhile, Rihanna is still queen of the singles chart as “We Found Love” featuring Calvin Harris racks up another week at number one on the Hot 100. This is Rihanna’s fourth straight week at the top and she likewise leads the Digital Songs chart by moving another 211,000 downloads of her new song. The Barbados born pop star becomes the first woman to simultaneously post three singles in the top ten of the Digital Songs chart as “We Found Love,” her new single “You Da One” and Drake’s “Take Care,” where she appears, occupy the one, nine and four positions of said chart.
As for the rest of the singles chart, LMFAO still lingers close to the top as DJ’s Redfoo and Sky Blu’s “Sexy and I Know It” rings in another week at number two. Adele is also unmoving at number three with “Someone Like You,” as with star club DJ David Guetta whose “Without You” featuring Usher holds at number four.
Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars makes the big jump from number nine to number five with “It Will Rain.” The song is lifted from the hit movie soundtrack “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1.”
Maroon 5 drops their former number one song “Moves Like Jagger” featuring Christina Aguilera from five to six, while Flo Rida’s “Good Feeling” rises a notch to number seven. Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts” featuring Adam Levine slides two notches to number eight.
Rapper Drake posts a new song on the Hot 100 chart with “Take Care” featuring Rihanna, which debuts at number nine.
Closing this week’s rundown of the top US singles is Katy Perry, who starts her bid for a sixth number one single with “The One That Got Away.” This is her sixth top ten single from the album “Teenage Dream.”
Here’s this week’s top US singles and albums at a glance:
Billboard Hot 100:
1. “We Found Love” – Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
2. “Sexy And I Know It” - LMFAO
3. “Someone Like You” - Adele
4. “Without You” – David Guetta featuring Usher
5. “It Will Rain” – Bruno Mars
6. “Moves Like Jagger” – Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
7. “Good Feeling” – Flo Rida
8. “Stereo Hearts” – Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine
9. “Take Care” – Drake featuring Rihanna
10. “The One That Got Away” – Katy Perry
Billboard 200 Top Ten Albums:
1. “Take Care” - Drake
2. “Christmas” –Michael Buble
3. “21" - Adele
4. "Concerto: One Night in Central Park"- Andrea Bocelli
5. "Under the Mistletoe" - Justin Bieber
6. "Glee, the Music: The Christmas Album, Volume 2"
7. “Now 40” – Various Artist
8. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” - Soundtrack
9. “Mylo Xyloto” - Coldplay
10. “Someone To Watch Over Me” – Susan Boyle
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